Global Church News
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School in remote NE India responds to Pope’s prayer initiative for peace
Jun 09, 2017
The 1-minute prayer initiative for peace on 8 June urged by Pope Francis, found a prompt response in a Catholic school in a remote northeastern region
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"Pope’s 1-minute peace prayer initiative shows every solution lies with God" Bishop Dabre
Jun 09, 2017
“Hence we need to back the efforts of peace with constant prayers, indicating we depend on God,” he said
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Vietnamese Bishops alarmed by the new religious law
Jun 09, 2017
The new Law on Beliefs and Religions will come in effect on 1st January 2018. Its ambiguities and contradictions will fuel the "system of asking and granting". The law interferes with the internal affairs of religious communities and establishes tight controls over their activities. The government's views about religion are inadequate.
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Overcome 'fears,' Catholic journalists in Vietnam told
Jun 09, 2017
A Vietnamese bishop has told Catholic journalists to follow the pope's example for using social media to spread good news and hope in the country where media is heavily censored.
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Calls for justice as Christian sanitary worker dies
Jun 09, 2017
Rights activists are calling for justice after medical practitioners refused to treat a Christian sanitary worker in Sindh Province, southern Pakistan.
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Marian celebration with less flowers, more food for flood victims
Jun 09, 2017
The girls study at the Holy Family Convent School in Bambalapitiya. The celebrations marking the end of Marian month were set for the end of May, but bad weather forced the school to postpone the event.
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Four new priests ordained in Shanghai diocese despite closed seminary and no bishop
Jun 09, 2017
The ordination was presided over by Msgr. Giuseppe Shen Bin. The new priests were ordained deacons the day before. Shanghai Seminary has been closed since 2012 and Bishop Ma Daqin is in custody. On 18 May, 17 sisters took their religious vows.
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Msgr. Andrew Francis, ‘spiritual healer’ has died
Jun 09, 2017
Multan's emeritus bishop chaired the National Justice and Peace Commission from 2011 to 2015. In the 45 years of priesthood he worked "tirelessly for the poor and the marginalized communities". Respected for promoting inter-religious harmony involving Islamic leaders.
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Archbishop of Calcutta: Saddened by vandalism of St. Luke's Church
Jun 09, 2017
Vandals struck at dawn on 6 June. The Christian place of worship is just a few hundred yards from the convent, where a religious sister, 72 years of age, was raped in 2015. The robbers broke the hosts, stole old vestments, and about 3,000 rupees
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A minute for peace with Pope Francis today at 1:00 pm
Jun 08, 2017
We don’t know for sure but we do know that there is power in prayer, individual and collective, by persons of any faith or secular vision. Perhaps things would be even worse if we didn’t. We share here an appeal from a humanist of the highest order.
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